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Channing shrugs off pain to hit the stage

NEW YORK

Stockard Channing has made a speedy — some might say miraculous — return to Broadway.

The 67-year-old Tony Award-winner performed in “Other Desert Cities” on Friday night and plans to continue in the show despite undergoing arthroscopic surgery on her right knee less than a week ago.

Channing felt her knee collapse backstage after the Nov. 18 show and missed seven performances. She performed in Saturday night’s show. An understudy performed Saturday’s matinee and will do Wednesday’s matinee.

The Jon Robin Baitz play, about a dysfunctional family wrestling with a deep secret, opened Nov. 3.

Weinstein desires to be recognized brand

NEW YORK

Though Harvey Weinstein has no plans to roar like the MGM lion before each of his movies, the Oscar-winning producer wants to turn the film studio bearing his family’s name into a recognizable brand.

His wish list includes branding on par with Facebook’s F, Twitter’s T and Apple’s, well, apple.

Though he says he will continue to use “the black and white logo that looks like it’s from high school in 1954,” he’s letting his films this week do the talking — or at least one of them.

Already in theaters is “My Week with Marilyn,” starring two-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe.

Associated Press